It was discovered that Atril, the MATE document viewer, made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT). Opening a malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code. This update disables the CBT format entirely.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3916-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
July 21, 2017                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : atril
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-1000083
Debian Bug     : 868500

It was discovered that Atril, the MATE document viewer, made insecure
use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT). Opening a
malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
This update disables the CBT format entirely.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.8.1+dfsg1-4+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.16.1-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your atril packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

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